Mary Masson
Director of Public Relations

Mary Masson is the director of public relations for Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan. She leads the team that promotes research and clinical care discoveries and treatments to the news media and the public, via social platforms, media outreach and the content platform, Health Lab. Masson has been a communicator for Michigan Medicine since 2009. Prior to that, she was a reporter and editor at the Detroit Free Press, Indianapolis Star and Flint Journal.

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Michigan Medicine notifies patients of health information breach
Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 33,850 patients about employee email accounts that were compromised which may have exposed some of their health information.
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Michigan Medicine statement on protest at Medical School white coat ceremony
Kristin Collier, M.D., was chosen as the keynote speaker for the 2022 White Coat Ceremony(link is external) based on nominations and voting by members of the U-M Medical School Gold Humanism Honor Society(link is external), which is composed of medical students, house officers and faculty.
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Michigan Medicine names new chair for Department of Neurosurgery
The University of Michigan Board of Regents today approved the appointments of Aditya S. Pandey, M.D., as chair of the Department of Neurosurgery and the Julian T. Hoff, M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery in the Medical School, effective June 1, 2022.
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Michigan Medicine reports positive financial performance for fiscal year 2022
Michigan Medicine reported projected positive fiscal year-end results today, with an anticipated 4.2 percent ($233 million) operating margin on forecasted operating revenues of $5.5 billion.
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Michigan Medicine plans significant expansion of specialty pharmacy services
Michigan Medicine plans to significantly expand its specialty and mail order pharmacy program at a Dexter facility, after approval from the U-M Board of Regents.
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Michigan Medicine notifies patients of health information breach
Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 2,920 patients about an employee email account that was compromised which may have exposed some of their health information.
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Michigan Medicine and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System announce partnership with Lansing-based Physicians Health Plan to launch a new Medicare Advantage plan
Michigan Medicine and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, a member of Trinity Health, today announce a partnership with Lansing-based Physicians Health Plan (PHP) to bring a new choice in Medicare Advantage plans to Livingston and Washtenaw counties this fall.
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Physician & nurse leaders from Michigan Medicine and 20 other hospital systems across Michigan plead for vaccinations
Medical leaders from 21 hospital systems signed an open letter to Michigan residents pleading for people to get vaccinated. The letter comes after an increase of COVID-19 cases across the state, which leaders warn could turn into a fourth wave.
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Michigan Medicine reports positive financial performance for fiscal year 2021
Despite challenges presented by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and a vaccine rollout, Michigan Medicine reported projected positive fiscal year-end results today, with an anticipated 6.5 percent ($339.8 million) operating margin on forecasted operating revenues of $5.2 billion.
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Michigan Medicine announces new hospital’s name
The Pavilion at University of Michigan Health will be the name of the new Michigan Medicine hospital currently under construction, the University of Michigan’s academic medical center announced today.
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Physician assistants approve contract agreement with Michigan Medicine
Physician assistants represented by the United Physician Assistants of Michigan Medicine/AFT 5297 (UPAMM) have ratified a three-year contract with Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan.
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Michigan Medicine to lift some visitor restrictions this week as COVID-19 infection rates decline
With infection rates and hospitalizations for COVID-19 dropping, Michigan Medicine will lift some visitor restrictions for adult patients that had been required during the most recent surge of patients.
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Michelle S. Caird, M.D., appointed chair of Michigan Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The board of regents approved the appointment of Michelle S. Caird, M.D., to chair of the Michigan Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, effective May 1. Caird served as interim department chair since May 2019.
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U-M Physician Assistants reach tentative agreement with Michigan Medicine
Following several months of negotiations, the newly established United Physician Assistants at Michigan Medicine / AFT Local 5297 (UPAMM) has reached a tentative agreement with the University on a three-year contract.
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Michigan Medicine opens adult and pediatric COVID-19 long haul clinics
Michigan Medicine is establishing clinics to provide post-discharge care to both adults and pediatric patients experiencing these long-term post COVID symptoms and complications.
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